On Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:51 PM Miriam English miriam@werple.net.au
wrote:
>>> exceptions to this, I think, would be shooting at left wingers.... you
>>> might get more cooperation on that score (oh, and lawyers, too)....
>>
>>I hope you're not serious here.
>
> I would expect that he is joking, but I think that hate, in similar vein
to
> that which Lorrey promotes, is largely responsible for today's events.
I'm not sure if he promotes that. I hope he was merely joking.
I'm sure many leftist, rightists, moderates, libertarians, apoliticals, and
the like died in the WTC yesterday. They were _all_ human. Ideology should
not be a basis for hatred. I don't hate those I disagree with, though I do
believe they are often wrong.
> Whoever perpetrated these awful acts didn't see buildings full of
atheists,
> christians, muslims, hindus, red, black, white, yellow people of all
> sexualities from every country on the planet. They saw a disembodied
symbol
> of America and were filled with hate.
All too true.
> We live in an information age. We should make best use of that and
> undermine hate. I don't believe you will ever exterminate terrorism until
> racism, nationalism, and religion have the light of good sense illuminate
> their darkest recesses of ignorance.
Probably so, though I think the hardcore terrorists are probably beyond
reach.
> Bombs and guns don't stop hatred; they ferment it.
It depends. They have their use, but they are mostly used unwisely by
governments, who too often use them to oppress and butcher -- even if their
members don't initially intend this.
Later!
Daniel Ust
See "Macroeconomics for the Real World" at:
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/Macro.html
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